equal-footing-doctrine

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-328 Joseph Marion Rywelski v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. Tenth Circuit 2024-09-23 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights equal-footing-doctrine federal-jurisdiction governmental-regulation second-amendment territorial-law Whether this case will resolve all current and future disputes with respect to governmental regulation of Petitioner's, and all other bona fide U.S. C…
22-410 Chama Troutstalkers, LLC, et al. v. Adobe Whitewater Club of New Mexico, et al. New Mexico 2022-11-01 Denied Response Waived equal-footing-doctrine ideal-opportunity property-title public-easement recreational-access recreational-activities state-supreme-court-conflict takings territorial-lands water-rights Under the equal-footing doctrine, the United States held title to the beds and banks of non-navigable waters in former U.S. territories, both before a…
20-899 Paul Sorum, et al. v. North Dakota, et al. North Dakota 2021-01-05 Denied Response Waived anti-gift-clause conflict-preemption equal-footing-doctrine federal-dam-projects flood-control-act navigable-waters public-trust-doctrine submerged-lands-act 1. In 2017, the North Dakota legislature directed transfer to private interests of 96,000 acres in the sovereign bed of the Missouri River and payment…
18-462 Bobbie Gunderson, et vir v. Indiana, et al. Indiana 2018-10-12 Denied Amici (4) beach-access equal-footing equal-footing-doctrine great-lakes high-water-mark land-ownership navigable-waters ordinary-high-water-mark property-rights public-rights state-boundaries state-sovereignty territorial-sovereignty union-admission Under federal law, on admission to the Union a state takes title to lands underlying navigable waters, up to the "ordinary high water mark." On the se…